Penholder.



PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905.

R. KELSEY.

PBNHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20,1905.

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RICHARD KELSEY, OF LYNN, MASSAGI-[US ITTS.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed February 20, 1905. Serial No. 246,455.

To (all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD KnLsnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein'to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a penholdersupporting device which will allow of steady and even writing, being particularly useful forschool children, and the supporter being slidably adjustable upon the penholder. hen used, the downward pressure or weight of the hand is mostly taken up by the supporter, so that it allows the writer to make even and steadier lines than he otherwise could do. The device is also especially adapted for rapid writing.

The invention consists in the combination of elements and in certain parts of construction entailed in the combination of said elements to obtain the desired result.

A full understanding of the invention can best be given by a detailed description of a preferred construction embodying the various features of the invention, and such a description will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, and I attain my object by the mechanism there illustrated showing such preferred construction, and the features forming the invention will then be specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a top view of the penholder, showing the supporting device in place upon the penholder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the penholder with the supporting device in place. Fig. 3 is a modified form of the supporting device. Fig. 4C is a top view of an improved penholder to be used in connection with the supporter. Fig. 5 is a top view of the penholder-supporting device. Fig. 6 is a top view of the locking-wedge which holds the supporting device in place upon the penholder. Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the said wedge. Fig. 8 is a side view of the said wedge. Fig. 9 is a front view of the penholder-supporting device removed from the penholder. Fig. 10 is a side sectional view of the modified form of the penholder-supporting device which is shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the penholder, showing the supporting device held in place by the wedge.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, as

they may be changed or varied at will without departing from the spirit of my invention and the same yet remain intact and be protectcd.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In said drawings, (L designates the handle of said penholder; 6, represents the penholder proper, in which is inserted the pen 0. Over the periphery of the handle a is slidably mounted the body portion or hub (Z of the supporting device. This hub preferably consists of an enlarged front portion a and tapering toward its rear portion, the rear end having a collar f, preferably of metal. The hub (Z is provided with the passage extending therethrough, through which the penholder is inserted, and this body portion or hub (Z is held in place by a wedge /1., which is concaved on its upper side, as at i, so as to fit against the rounded side of the penholder, and convexed on its lower side, as at j, and is inserted with its pointj foremost between the rear portion ll of the support and the penholderhandle a.

Extending forward from the hub (Z is a foot A, and upon the foot l' the arm mis pivoted, being cut away, as at 'n, and held in place by the pin Z. This arm m. is hollowed out or concaved, as at 0, so as to allow the arm at to assume its proper position when the pen 0 is pressed down upon the paper. The hollow 0 of the arm m is normally held out of contact with the penholder b by a spring a, which spring s extends forward upon the inner side of the arm, its rear end being fastened in any suitable manner and its front end pressing down upon the upper side of the arm on, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

In Figs. 3 and ll) I show a modified view of this spring, as at a, the rear end being inserted between the outer lower side of the hub (Z and the metal capf' and having its forward end extending upward through an opening 7) in the arm we, (see Figs. 3 and 10,) thus pressing when the tip end 111' of the arm in is raised from the paper'the arm m downward and away from the penholder, so that when the pen 0 is dipped into the ink the arm m will be without the nose of the bottle, and thus kept free of the ink.

Upon the upper edge of the handle a of the penholder I have formed a groove 1 in which the pin 1 of the inner side of the huh (I runs,

so that the tip end on of the penholder-supporting device is always in alinement with the tip end of the pen, keeping the pen-point of the pen 0 square upon the paper when writing. As the hub of the supporting device is slidable upon the penholder and is kept in place by the wedge it or other suitable means, the end 122 of the arm on can always be adjusted so that the point of the pen will press upon the paper in the position desired.

If desired, I can provide the penhold er with an upright extending pin 25, which will work in a groove '0 on the inner side of the hub (Z, and when this pin 25 on the penholder is used to work within the groove 0; the groove '0 upon the penholder and the pin 1' are dispensed with.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specific details of construction shown in the accompanying drawings, but that said details may be varied in the practical carrying out of my invention. It is also to be understood that the combinations specifically set forth in the several claims are intended to be separately claimed without limitation to the use in connection therewith of other features and details of construction illustrated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A penholder-supporter consisting of a hub adapted to be slidably mounted upon a penholder, an arm pivoted to the hub adapted to partly encircle the penholder, and a spring arranged to normally throw the arm downward and away from the penholder.

2. A penholder-supporter consisting of a hub, a collar upon the hub, an arm pivoted to the hub and a spring having one end inserted between the collar and hub and its free end pressing against the arm to throw the outer end of the arm downward, substantially as shown.

3. In a penholder-supporter in combination with a penholder having an outward-extending pin, a hub having a groove in its inner side to receive the pin, and a pivoted arm upon the hub adapted to be turned downward when not in use, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD KELSEY.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs F. A. SMITH, WALTER E. PUTNAM. 

